Discourse Delivered Before the New-York Historical Society: At Their Anniversary Meeting, 6th December, 1811James Eastburn, 1812 - 81 páginas |
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... contained a people which will furnish more interesting information and more useful instruction - which will display the energies of the human character in a more con- spicuous manner , whether in light or in shade - in the exhibition of ...
... contained a people which will furnish more interesting information and more useful instruction - which will display the energies of the human character in a more con- spicuous manner , whether in light or in shade - in the exhibition of ...
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... contained four hundred and fifty souls . But the greater part of the Indians below Albany retreated at an early period from the approach of civilized man , and became merged in the nations of the North and the West . As far back as 1687 ...
... contained four hundred and fifty souls . But the greater part of the Indians below Albany retreated at an early period from the approach of civilized man , and became merged in the nations of the North and the West . As far back as 1687 ...
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... contained one hundred and twenty- eight houses . This expedition was nearly the fin- ishing blow to savage cruelty and insolence - their habitations were destroyed - their provinces laid waste - they were driven from their country , and ...
... contained one hundred and twenty- eight houses . This expedition was nearly the fin- ishing blow to savage cruelty and insolence - their habitations were destroyed - their provinces laid waste - they were driven from their country , and ...
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... contain three hundred warriors , in 1768 . Another was established on a branch of the Scioto , and had sixty warriors in 1779. * To this I may add the testimony of Charlevoix , who may be justly placed in the first rank of able and ...
... contain three hundred warriors , in 1768 . Another was established on a branch of the Scioto , and had sixty warriors in 1779. * To this I may add the testimony of Charlevoix , who may be justly placed in the first rank of able and ...
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... contained one inhabitant for every square mile ; and the proportion of warriors to the whole number of inhabitants was , as three to ten . † If this is to afford a just rule for estimating the Confederates , it would be easy to ...
... contained one inhabitant for every square mile ; and the proportion of warriors to the whole number of inhabitants was , as three to ten . † If this is to afford a just rule for estimating the Confederates , it would be easy to ...
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Página 5 - That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona.
Página 11 - The subjects of France inhabiting Canada, and others, shall hereafter give no hindrance or molestation to the Five Nations or cantons of Indians, subject to the dominion of Great Britain, nor to the other natives of America, who are friends to the same.
Página 2 - IDE, of the said District, hath deposited in this office, the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit : " Inductive Grammar, designed for beginners. By an Instructer." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States...
Página 49 - Th' insulting tyrant, prancing o'er the field Strow'd with Rome's citizens, and drench'd in slaughter, His horse's hoofs wet with Patrician blood ! Oh, Portius ! is there not some chosen curse, Some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, Red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man, Who owes his greatness to his country's ruin ? PORTIUS.
Página 18 - This string of wampum serves to forbid you, your children and grand-children to the latest posterity, for ever, meddling in land affairs; neither you nor any who shall descend from you, are ever hereafter to presume to sell any land...
Página 55 - Soto, who landed with one thousand men in Florida in 1539, and penetrated a considerable distance into the interior of the country. He allotted the large fort for the use of the Spanish army; and after being extremely puzzled how to dispose of the small one in its vicinity, he at last assigned it to the swine, that generally, as he...
Página 18 - For this purpose you are to preserve this string, in memory of what your uncles have this day given you in charge. We have some other business to transact with our brethren, and therefore depart the council, and consider what has been said to you.
Página 40 - I may challenge the whole orations of Demosthenes and Cicero, and of any more eminent orator, if Europe has furnished any more eminent, to produce a single passage, superior to the speech of Logan, a Mingo chief, to Lord Dunmore, when governor of this state.
Página 61 - Asia had thus exhausted its exuberant population by such a great migration, it would require a very long period of time to produce a cooperation of causes, sufficient to effect another. The first mighty stream of people that flowed into America, must have remained free from external pressure for ages.
Página 57 - It is equally clear that they were not the work of the Indians. Until the Senecas, who are renowned for their national vanity, had seen the attention of the Americans attracted to these erections, and had invented the fabulous account of which I have spoken, the Indians of the present day did not pretend to know any thing about their origin. They were beyond the reach of all their traditions, and were lost in the abyss of unexplored antiquity.